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Russian planes crossed the border into Turkey and Turkey evoked by 10 times in 5 min. turkey published the radar tracks.I think Russia does not explain some things.Everyone knows russian bombing to ISIS but it's wrong. Russia bombing the turkmen religion in Syria.It would not be worse results.

Russian planes crossed the border into Turkey and Turkey evoked by 10 times in 5 min. turkey published the radar tracks.I think Russia does not explain some things.Everyone knows russian bombing to ISIS but it's wrong. Russia bombing the turkmen religion in Syria.It would not be worse results.

That is a matter of interpretation. Erdogan moved the border singlehandedly without international recognition last year. Russia flew inside this zone, so for the international community it was Syria whilst for Turkey's view it was inside Turkey.

As for who's bombing who: Russia is bombing ISIS+Others in my opinion. In fact, some major news media portrayed bombing of ISIS from Russia as their own accomplishments. (shame on them).

Russian planes crossed the border into Turkey and Turkey evoked by 10 times in 5 min. turkey published the radar tracks.I think Russia does not explain some things.Everyone knows russian bombing to ISIS but it's wrong. Russia bombing the turkmen religion in Syria.It would not be worse results.

That is a matter of interpretation. Erdogan moved the border singlehandedly without international recognition last year.

Turkey backstabbed Russia by downing the Russian warplane and acted as accomplices of the terrorists.

The plane was hit by a Turkish warplane as it was travelling 1 km away from the Turkish border, Putin said. The plane posed no threat to Turkish national security, he stressed.

Putin said the plane was targeting terrorist targets in the Latakia province of Syria, many of whom came from Russia.

Russia noticed of the flow of oil from Syrian territory under the control of terrorists to Turkey, Putin said.

Apparently, IS now not only receives revenue from the smuggling of oil, but also has the protection of a nation’s military, Putin said. This may explain why the terrorist group is so bold in taking acts of terrorism across the world, he added.

The incident will have grave consequences for Russia’s relations with Turkey, Putin warned.

The fact that Turkey did not try to contact Russia in the wake of the incident and rushed to call a NATO meeting instead is worrisome, Putin said. It appears that Turkey want NATO to serve the interests of IS, he added.

Putin said Russia respects the regional interests of other nations, but warned the atrocity committed by Turkey would not go without an answer.

Putin was speaking at a meeting with King of Jordan Abdullah II in Sochi, who expressed his condolences to the Russian leader over the loss of a Russian pilot in Tuesday’s incident, as well as the deaths of Russians in the Islamic State bombing of a passenger plane in Egypt.

The two leaders discussed the anti-terrorist effort in Syria and Iraq and the diplomatic effort to find a political solution to the Syrian conflict.

Just watched an interview with Putin on Channel One. He was furious! Accused Erdogan of stabbing Russia in the back. IMHO the USA has pushed Erdogan to do this, I do not think he is stupid enough to do this on his own...

As to what happens next, well that is anyone's guess.

If Russia sanctions trade with Turkey it will start a recession here...

Do not be surprised if Assad appears on Russian media and bans ALL foreign military flights over Syria and states that Russia will enforce this ban...

Look, we're gonna spend half the night driving around the Hills looking for this one party and you're going to say it sucks and we're all gonna leave and then we're gonna go look for this other party. But all the parties and all the bars, they all suck. <-Same goes for forums!

Thank you for your condolences, including for the downing of our military plane. This event comes in the context of our fight against terrorism.

Our military are fighting a heroic struggle against terrorism, without sparing themselves or and without regard for their own lives. But today’s loss was a blow in the back by the accomplices of terrorists. I can’t qualify this in any other way.

Our plane was downed over Syrian territory by an air-to-air missile from a Turkish F16. It crashed four kilometre from the Turkish border.

At the time it was attacked, it was at an altitude of 6000m and one kilometre from the border with Turkey. In any case our pilots and our aircraft never threatened the territory of Turkey. That much is obvious.

The pilots were part of an operation against Isil in the mountainous areas of north Latakia, where there is a concentration of militants largely from the Russian Federation. That is, they were fulfilling their direct duty of preventing attacks by terrorists who might at any moment return to Russia. And these are people who can only be qualified as international terrorists.

We long ago established that large quantities of oil and oil products from [terrorist occupied] territory transit Turkey. Terror groups get a big financial boost from there. And now we're stabbed in the back, with strikes against our aircraft that are fighting terrorism. And that is after we have signed an agreement with our American partners to avoid clashes in the air, and Turkey was one of the countries that announced its participation in the US-led coalition against terrorism.

If Isil has such money, and we're talking about tens, hundreds of millions, possibly billions of dollars from oil revenues, plus protection from the armed forces of an entire country, then it is understandable why they are so audacious, so blatant, why they murder people in the most horrendous ways, whey they carry out terrorist attacks across the world including in the heart of Europe.”

We will of course carefully analyse everything that happened. Today’s tragic event will have serious consequences including for Russia’s relationship with Turkey.

We have always treated Turkey not just as a close neighbour but as a friendly state. I don’t know who had an interest in what happened today. It certainly wasn’t us. And instead of contacting us immediately, as far as we know the Turkish side first turned to their partners in Nato to discuss this incident. As if we had downed a Turkish plane [when it was] they who shot down one of ours.

What, do they want to put Nato at the service of Isil? I understand that every state has its own regional interests, and we will always treat them with respect. But we will never tolerate the perpetration crimes such as the one committed today.

And of course, we hope that the international community will nonetheless find the strength to come together in the fight against this common evil.

In that connection, of course, we count on the active participation of all the countries in the region, and we are very grateful for your visit today, your Majesty. We continue to work with your secret service and military specialists, as with other countries in the region.